BHAGVAD GITA CHAPTER-9

BHAGVAD GITA

Chapter 9: Supreme Knowledge and the Big Mystery

Lord Krishna said: Since you have faith in My words, I shall reveal to you the most profound, secret, supreme knowledge, together with supreme experience. Knowing this, you shall be freed from the miseries of worldly existence. (9.01)

This knowledge is the king of all knowledge, is the most secret, is very sacred, it can be perceived by feeling, conforms to Dharma, is very easy to practice and is timeless. (9.02)

O Arjuna, a person who has no faith in this knowledge does not attain Me and follows the cycles of birth and death. (9.03)

This entire universe is filled with Me, the eternal Brahman. All beings depend on Me I do not depend on or become affected by them, because I am the source of all. (9.04)

Look at the power of My divine mystery; in reality, I . the sustainer and creator of all beings . do not depend on them, and they also do not depend on Me. (9.05)

Know that all beings remain in Me as the mighty wind and planets, moving everywhere, remains in space. (9.06)

All beings merge into My Prakriti at the end of a MahaKalpa , O Arjuna, and I create them again at the beginning of the next Kalpa. (9.07)

I create the entire multitude of beings again and again with the help of My material Nature. These beings are under control of the modes of material Nature. (9.08)

These acts of creation do not bind Me, O Arjuna, because I remain indifferent and unattached to those acts. (9.09)

The Maya . with the help of Prakriti . creates all living and non-living beings under My supervision; thus, the creation keeps on going. (9.10)

The ignorant ones, not knowing My supreme nature as the great Lord of all beings, are unable to recognize Me when I take avatar in human form. (9.11)

The ignorant people having false hopes, false actions, and false knowledge, possess Tamasika qualities of wicked persons. (9.12)

But great souls, O Arjuna, who possess divine qualities know Me as the source of creation and

eternal, and worship Me with single-minded loving devotion and contemplation. (9.13)

Persons of firm mind worship Me with devotion by always singing My glories, trying to attain Me, and bowing down before Me. (9.14)

Some worship Me by acquiring and spreading the Self-knowledge. Others worship the infinite as the One in all  or as the master of all , and in various other ways. (9.15)

I am the ritual, I am the Yajna, I am the offering, I am the herb, I am the mantra, I am the Ghee, I am the fire, and I am the act of pouring out of the offering. (9.16)

I am the supporter of the universe, the father, the mother, and the grandfather. I am the object of knowledge, the purifier, the sacred syllable OM, and also the Rig, the Yajur, and the Sama Vedas. (9.17)

I am the goal, the supporter, the Lord, the witness, the abode, the refuge, the friend, the origin, the end, the foundation, the support, and the prime cause (9.18)

I give heat, I send as well as withhold the rain, I am immortality as well as death, I am also both the Sat and the Asat. (9.19)

The knowers of the three Vedas and the drinkers of the nectar of devotion, whose sins are cleansed, worship Me by performing Yajna for gaining heaven. As a result of their good Karma they go to heaven and enjoy celestial sense pleasures. (9.20)

After enjoying heavenly sense pleasures they return to this mortal world upon the end of their good Karma . Thus the performers of Vedic rituals take repeated birth and death. (9.21)

I personally take full responsibility for the welfare. both material and spiritual . of those firm minded devotees, who always remember and adore Me with single-minded contemplation. (9.22)

O Arjuna, even those devotees who worship Devas with faith, they too worship Me, but in an improper way (9.23)

Because Brahman alone is the enjoyer of all Yajna and the Lord. But, people do not know true transcendental nature of Brahman. Therefore, they fall into the repeated cycles of birth and death. (9.24)

Worshippers of the Devas go to the Devas, the worshippers of the ancestors go to the ancestors, and the worshippers of the ghosts go to the ghosts, but My devotees come to Me and are not born again. (9.25)

Whosoever offers Me a leaf, a flower, a fruit, or water with devotion; I accept and eat the offering of devotion by the pure-hearted. (9.26)

O Arjuna, whatever you do, whatever you eat, whatever you offer as oblation to the sacred fire, whatever charity you give, whatever sense-control you perform, do all that as an offering unto Me. (9.27)

By this attitude of Samnyasayoga you shall be freed from the bondage of good and bad Karma. You shall be liberated, and come to Me. (9.28)

The Self is present equally in all beings. There is no one hateful or dear to Me. But, those who worship Me with love and devotion, they are close to Me and I am also with them. (9.29)

Even if the most sinful person decides to worship Me with single-minded loving devotion, such a person must be regarded as a saint because of making the right resolution. (9.30)

Such a person soon becomes righteous and attains permanent peace. Be aware, O Arjuna, that My devotee never fails to reach the supreme goal. (9.31)

Anybody . including women, merchants, laborers, and the evil-minded . can attain the supreme goal by just surrendering unto My will with loving devotion, O Arjuna.  (9.32)

Then it should be very easy for the holy Brahmanas and sages to attain the Supreme state. Therefore, having obtained this joyless and temporary human life, one should always remember Me with loving devotion. (9.33)

Always think of Me, be devoted to Me, worship Me, and bow down to Me. Thus uniting yourself with Me, and setting Me as the supreme goal and sole shelter, you shall certainly come to Me. (9.34)